You can't be everywhere you'd like to be, or you feel you need to be - at once. That's something I learned very easily as a sailor.
[ he follows tim, settling in one of the chairs beside him, expertly balancing the plate of food on one thigh so that tim can reach the plate with ease. quentin goes for one of the cinnamon rolls again, almost boyishly pleased at how sweet it is on his tongue. ]
My father was the Captain - a Naval ship. So I might as well admit my blood is half seawater anyway. But we'd miss things - birthdays and parties and big political things because we were traveling. I became his navigator, so as you can imagine I was very busy.
[ he grins, shrugging one shoulder. ] You can only give as much as you're able to - and that's enough. I like to think of it this way - if you're out on the waters and there's a storm that takes your crew for a spin, maybe you think later - if only we'd stayed in port longer. But the storm actually gave us the wind to make time to a new port, where I met a very good friend of mine. I was meant to be in the storm to find the moment after. The wolf attack may still have happened, and if you were there, who would be there to care for him?
[ another cinnamon roll, and this time he chews and speaks around it. ] You can't let guilt lead you astray.
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[ he follows tim, settling in one of the chairs beside him, expertly balancing the plate of food on one thigh so that tim can reach the plate with ease. quentin goes for one of the cinnamon rolls again, almost boyishly pleased at how sweet it is on his tongue. ]
My father was the Captain - a Naval ship. So I might as well admit my blood is half seawater anyway. But we'd miss things - birthdays and parties and big political things because we were traveling. I became his navigator, so as you can imagine I was very busy.
[ he grins, shrugging one shoulder. ] You can only give as much as you're able to - and that's enough. I like to think of it this way - if you're out on the waters and there's a storm that takes your crew for a spin, maybe you think later - if only we'd stayed in port longer. But the storm actually gave us the wind to make time to a new port, where I met a very good friend of mine. I was meant to be in the storm to find the moment after. The wolf attack may still have happened, and if you were there, who would be there to care for him?
[ another cinnamon roll, and this time he chews and speaks around it. ] You can't let guilt lead you astray.